Hong Kong’s Omicron crisis: testing, health systems, supply chains on the brink
Inside China
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Hong Kong Health Authorities Are Overwhelmed
Ten thousand patients currently waiting to be admitted to hospitals in hong kong. Department of health has admitted that its laboratory was overwhelmed with a backlog of test samples to be confirmed. Doctor tancquin yesterday said that, a, the health department can only confirm 75 % of preliminary positive cases within 24 hours. About 650 specimens sent on sunday have yet to be confirmation.
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